Daily Archives: 31. October 2023

Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Mendlovo náměstí 1, Brno

The construction of the cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary of the Assumption began in Old Brno in 1323 at the instigation of Queen Eliška Rejčka, widow of the Czech King Wenceslas II. At the same time, she also founded the Cistercian monastery next to it called Aula Sanctae Mariae. After her death in 1335,…

Leoš Janáček Memorial
Smetanova 14, Brno

When the organ school moved to its new headquarters in the Chleborád Villa in 1907, Janáček as director had a relatively long distance to walk from his home in Old Brno to the school. He didn’t ride the electric railway because it was German. The Union for the Improvement of Church Music in Moravia, as…